With barely enough time to even frame their diplomas, four 2013 alumni are jumping headfirst into the waters of professional theater this summer. Inaugurating a collaboration with the Naked Angels, each newly minted New School for Drama playwright will present a first public reading of one of their works during a bi-monthly program, “Summer Mondays.” [...]
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For the first time ever, the Distinguished University Teaching Awards will be presented at this year’s commencement ceremony. Inaugurated in 1988, the award is given by The New School to recognize excellence in teaching. The four faculty members being honored this year are: Laura Maria Censabella, Professor of Playwriting, The New School for Drama Alexandra [...]
With spring flowers finally beginning to bloom, and winter coats hesitantly placed towards the back of closets, you may have missed out on what fellow New Schoolers were up to. Fear not, we’ve got you covered in this latest round of weekly roundups. Jenna is a Girl’s (and boy’s!) Best Friend Murmurings that J.Crew was [...]
The New School for Drama presents William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and The Tragedy of Macbeth as part of the Classics Studio Series, featuring Drama’s second-year acting students. The productions were developed and rehearsed as part of the students’ Classical Technique classes and will be assisted by the second-year directing students, who are also [...]
New School professor Aristide R. Zolberg, one of the world’s leading voices on the politics, history, and ethics of immigration, has died at the age of 81. Zolberg served as Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Politics and University in Exile Professor Emeritus at The New School for Social Research. A distinguished political scientist and a [...]
Smallest class sizes, most international student body, too many top-ranked academic programs to name—The New School’s no stranger to being named the best. Now is our chance to add another trophy to our (virtual) mantle: the redesigned www.newschool.edu has been nominated for the 2013 Webby Award’s General Website: School/University category, and you can vote for [...]
